2010/05/31 (2)The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
No. 15
Moved by Councillor Pietrangelo
Seconded by Councillor Thomson
May 31, 2010
WHEREAS the TODS (Tourism- Oriented Directional Signing) Program, offered through the
Provincial Ministries of Tourism and Transportation, permits qualifying tourism operators or districts
to place their business signs along Provincial roadways; and
WHEREAS the TODS program provides wayfinding and directional information to travelers
throughout the Province of Ontario; and
WHEREAS the Downtown Business Improvement Area (BIA) is desirous to have TODS signage
identifying Downtown as a tourist district; and
WHEREAS the Downtown is a commercial district that has been marketed as a place to visit, shop and
see entertainment; and
WHEREAS other tourist districts in the City such as Fallsview, Lundy's Lane and Clifton Hill tourist
districts, already have TODS signage; and
WHEREAS the BIA is responsible for the cost of the TODS signage; and
WHEREAS it is necessary for City Council to pass a resolution declaring an area as a tourist district
for an application for TODS signage to be complete.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Niagara Falls City Council declares the Downtown as a
tourist district worthy of Tourism - Oriented Directional (TODS) signage.
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed.
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EAN I 0 ' I A R. T. (TED) SALCI
CITY CLERK MAYOR